Got on a bus in Memphis,Destination Rome.Georgia ain't no paradiseBut a place I just call home.I sat next to a broken hearted brideShe was cryin', tryin' so hard to hideHer selfish sorrow.

I tried to get her talkin'She didn't have much to sayShe asked me for a map to death rowBut I didn't know the wayShe had lost a million in the gameOne look out the window at the pine trees and the rainIt wasn't her day.

Midnight came and brought more rain,Nothing seemed to ease her pain.The hours that we talked seemed like minutes all in vein.I watched as her tears kept runnin' wideBye and bye and bye, way back after a whileShe started smilin'.

Multicolored ladyYou ain't like no rainbow I've ever known.Multicolored ladyCome go with me, I'll take you to my home